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|I have been employed by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada since 2013. During that time I’ve had numerous roles, from data entry clerk to an advisor to an Assistant Deputy Minister and many others in between. Over the past 4-5 years my focus and professional interests have shifted greatly, and I now spend quite a bit of my time focusing on coaching, building agile mindsets and leadership in the workplace. That being said, I’m down to talk about anything anyone wants to chat about.
|I have been employed by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada since 2013. During that time I’ve had numerous roles, from data entry clerk to an advisor to an Assistant Deputy Minister and many others in between. Over the past 4-5 years my focus and professional interests have shifted greatly, and I now spend quite a bit of my time focusing on coaching, building agile mindsets and leadership in the workplace. That being said, I’m down to talk about anything anyone wants to chat about.
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|Paul Keller
|Paul Keller[[File:PaulKellerMentor.jpg|thumb]]
|Chargé de projets
|Chargé de projets
|Lab d’innovation du Conseil fédéral du Québec
|Lab d’innovation du Conseil fédéral du Québec
|Paul est un codirigeant du Réseau FlexGC, où il est impliqué depuis avril 2020. Il a su depuis développer une solide expertise dans les meilleures pratiques et les technologies du travail flexible, ce qu’il partage ouvertement à travers divers ateliers, présentations et les produits et services qu’ils aident à conceptualiser.
|Paul est un codirigeant du Réseau FlexGC, où il est impliqué depuis avril 2020. Il a su depuis développer une solide expertise dans les meilleures pratiques et les technologies du travail flexible, ce qu’il partage ouvertement à travers divers ateliers, présentations et les produits et services qu’ils aident à conceptualiser.
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|Jenny Hillier
|Service Manager
|Service Canada
|I am a Service Manager with Service Canada Western Territories region, 24years experience – 7 as a manager.
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|Isabel Beaudoin
|Senior Faculty Member
|Canada School of Public Service
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|Sarah Plouffe[[File:SarahP.png|thumb]]
|National Executive Faculty Member
|Canada School of Public Service
|Sarah Plouffe has over 27 years of experience in the federal public service. She began her career at Statistics Canada, where she worked as a researcher in the Education Statistics Division. She worked for several years on the development of major international surveys, including the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
In 2010, Sarah made the leap from research to policy and joined the Essential Skills team at Employment and Social Development Canada. As Program Director, she implemented the newly created Student Placement Program, working in partnership with employers in various sectors of the economy and a network of universities and colleges across Canada.
In 2021, as Executive Director, she continued her career at Service Canada, Citizen Services Branch, where she supported the passport services network during the pandemic.
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|Jordan Storozuk
|Chief of Staff
|Service Canada
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|David Weatherall[[File:DaveW.jpg|thumb]]
|Senior Communications Advisor
|Statistics Canada
|I am an experienced communications and engagement specialist who lives and breathes digital transformation. Drone pilot, Jack Layton's former official photographer, former journalist at CTV + Montreal Gazette, Manager of UX and digital strategy on Health Canada's Covid-19 data taskforce, lover of bikes, gardens, and oceans.
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|Jason Lawson
|Director
|Canada Revenue Agency
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|Darlene Hiscott[[File:DarleneH.jpg|thumb]]
|Senior Project Officer
|Canada Revenue Agency
|I joined the government in December 2000. I have worked many jobs including answering telephone calls at the International Tax Service Office, working for the Access to Information and Privacy Directorate, HQ support for the compliance program, and more recently being the project management office lead for two multi-million dollar IT projects. Project management is my passion and I enjoy working on smaller projects (under $20million) as it allows me to work on multiple project management disciplines at the same time (such as scope management, risk mitigation, cost estimates, corporate reporting). Through the support of the CRA, I was able to obtain my Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and continue to hone my skills in an increasingly agile world.
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|Merylee Sevilla[[File:Headshoot.jpg|thumb]]
|HR Advisor
|Canada Revenue Agency
|I am an HR Advisor, in Employment Equity and Diversity at the CRA
I am a Mental Health and LGBTQ ambassador.
I have worked for the CRA, Library and Archives, and on Parliament.
I am passionate about challenging stereotypes, having those awkward and difficult conversations, while being a realist, if not optimist. 😊
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|Gislaine Moraes
|Recruiter
|Employment and Social Development Canada
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|Bruce Lonergan[[File:Latest-Profile.jpg|thumb]]
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|Manager/Free Agent
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|Health Canada
|If asked to summarize in one word who I am professionally, that word would be "innovator". Innovative ideas and solutions are the backbone to my career and many aspects of my life, including and especially in the area of “holistic” talent management which is within the strategic human resources field. However, to provide the traditional information on my career background, I have over 20 years experience in the private sector working in hospitality, retail management at the executive level, sales and marketing, hi-tech and eight years operating a successful executive recruiting and talent management boutique firm. Fourteen years ago, I joined the Government of Canada and have worked in various strategic HR and holistic talent management roles and in 2009 launched and currently co-chair an interdepartmental Talent Management Community of Practice. In 2017, I became a member of a novel federal government employee mobility program called the Free Agent Program that has allowed me to go on assignments of varying lengths and live the "gig economy" within government. Please refer to my CV for details!
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|Alicia Seifert[[File:AliciaS.jpg|thumb]]
|Acting Director
|Immigration and Refugee Board
|I started my public service career as a student while in university. I first worked as a Student Customs Inspector. The following summer, I worked as a Receptionist at what was then known as Human Resources Development Canada. HRDC hired me right out of University in 2000 as a casual and in time, I succeeded on my first competition and became a term employee. I’ve been blessed to have worked in several roles throughout the PS at HRDC, the Citizenship and Immigration Canada, the Immigration & Refugee Board, Canada Border Services Agency, and the Labour Program. In 2016, I became a manager and have held several leadership positions within the IRB. In addition to my managerial role, I am the Coordinator of the IRB Managers’ Community, Regional Lead of the Mental Health Promoters in Central Region, and the Employer Co-Champion on Mental Health. I am also an active participant of the National Managers’ Community as the IRB rep on the NMC Managers’ Advisory Board, a member of the NMC Ontario region Steering Committee and I lead an NMC Managers’ Peer Coaching Circle. In my spare time, 😊 I’m a Facilitator for the Canada School of Public Service.
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|Albee (Ying) Zhan[[File:Bio Photo.jpg|thumb]]
|Trust Account Examination Officer
|Canada Revenue Agency
|Albee (Ying) Zhan originally moved from China to pursue her studies in Canada and decided to immigrate to Halifax in 2018. Albee joined CPP/EI Rulings in LPRA in a student co-op program at Dalhousie University in 2019. She graduated from Dalhousie University with an MBA degree in 2020. Albee currently works as a Trust Account Exam Officer in CVB at NSTSO. She has held many positions in various industries. Outside of CRA, she has a second job as a supervisor at Starbucks in the heart of downtown Halifax. Besides work, she enjoys playing piano and ultimate Frisbee. Her fitness goal for 2022 is to be capable of finishing a triathlon in NS. Her career goal is to become a senior TAEO in CVB and develop other soft skills with the CVB YPN.
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|Katherine Cole
|Director
|Correctional Service Canada
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|Lindy McQuillan[[File:Lindy.jpg|thumb]]
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|Director General
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|Veterans Affairs Canada
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|I am currently the Acting Director General of Audit and Evaluation at Veterans Affairs Canada. After a few years working in the private sector and obtaining her CMA, now CPA designation, I was delighted to return to my home province of PEI and start my public service career with Veterans Affairs. In 2001, I started in the Audit and Evaluation Division where I worked for 11 years in various positions from officer, to manager and then director level. Work in Audit and Evaluation permitted me to visit Veterans Affairs offices across Canada, in fact every province except Newfoundland.
In 2012, I transferred to the Human Resource and continued to work in various capacities in HR leading transformational initiatives. Two months prior to the pandemic, I was asked to return to Audit and Evaluation as the Director General. In addition, I am currently the Champion of the VAC Managers’ Network.
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|Josée Owen[[File:JoseeO.jpg|thumb]]
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|Director
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|Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
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|Josée has an MSc in Horticulture from McGill University. She started with AAFC as a summer student with a cereal pathology team.. She went on to work as an agrologist with farmers in Quebec before rejoining AAFC as a research biologist leading a science team studying integrated vegetable cropping systems in New Brunswick. She moved to management in 2017, as the Associate Director for the Fredericton Research and Development Centre. Josée has also worked in international development, which opened her eyes to the importance of the social contexts of science, and to gender equality in STEM. Josée is passionate about supporting AAFC science through leadership.
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|Lauranne Mason
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|Evaluation Manager
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|Veterans Affairs Canada
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|Lauranne started her career in the government as a science communicator, managed web and digital communications, cultivated an innovation team from the ground up and now works with a curious investigative crew in evaluation. Before government she spent three years going to sea as a deckhand. Common threads in her career are learning, curiosity and collaboration.
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|Cari Bailey[[File:Cari Bailey photo.jpg|thumb]]
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|Chair Western Region Young Professionals Network
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|Canada Revenue Agency
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|Cari, a graduate of the University of Regina and resident of Regina, Saskatchewan, began working for Canada Revenue Agency in 2004. She started in the mailroom and then moved to Audit, where she held several roles including Underground Economy Auditor, Income Tax Training Coordinator, and Small and Medium Enterprises Team Leader (Income Tax). She has been an active member of the Young Professionals Network (YPN) since 2015 and is currently on a one-year assignment as Chair of CRA’s Western Region YPN.
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|Elizabeth Brunet[[File:Elizabeth Brunet.jpg|thumb]]
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|Senior Communications Advisor
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|Indigenous Services Canada
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|Elizabeth is a client-focused senior communications advisor with extensive experience providing strategic advice to senior management. Hired as an FSWEP student 20+ years ago at the former Human Resources Development Canada (now ESDC), she also has experience at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Environment and Climate Change Canada. She currently works at Indigenous Services Canada. She lives with her family in Ottawa on the traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe people.
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